Are you any better at working faithfully at building your other relationships? That's a way to work on the problem without using H as your "practice dummy". Are you any better at prioritizing in your life and having the self discipline to attend to your priorities rather than letting things consume you? This is something else that can be worked on without him there.
If you aren't developing these skills, in you, for you, you can't be sure you'd have them if he did come back.
Adinva 51, S20, S18 M24 total 6/15/11-12/1/12 From IDLY to H moving out 9/15/15-3/7/17 From negotiating SA to final D at age 50 5/8/17-now: New relationship with an old friend __ Happiness is a warm puppy.